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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY G, 1922
FAIR TO BE HELD
LEGISLATION OF BLOC
OPPOSED BY HARDING
DRYEMFDRGEMENT
TO BE TIGHTENED
BILL CALLING FAIR -ELECTION
IS VETOED
$1,000,000 THEATER
WILL BE BUILT HERE
JUNIOR ORPIIEUM VAUDEVILLE
HOUSE IS PROJECTED.
LIMIT 01 DIRS
STATE FILES CHARGES
AGAINST' LEN SMALL
GOVERNOR. AND OTHERS SAID
TO HAVE USED $29,418,500.
L
E
LIKELY TO AGREE
VIEW'S OUTLINED TO LEADERS
DOUBT AS TO LEGALITY IS
CACSE OF ACTIOX. ,
, OF FARMER MOVEMENT.
FACTIONS III
UNDER fJ
W PLAN
N WAR ACCEPTED
Method of Financing Proj
: 7 .ect Taken Up.
STATE LEGISLATION IS DEAD
Other Communities Want to
" t Do Their Share.
SENTIMENT IS' STRONG
Some Method to Be Worked Out
and Then Submitted to Rep
resentative Organizations.
ACTION TAKE.Y BY EXPOSI
TION COMMITTEE.
Be It resolved. That the '192S
executive committee of the Ore
gon exposition reaffirms Its
purpose to proceed with the
plara for holding the 1925 expo
sition and that this committee
give Immediate consideration to
wafi and means for providing
funds for holding such exposi
tion, and that a plan therefore
be submitted by this committee'
to representative bodies In all .
portions of the state for the
purpose of obtaining state-wide
co-operation, and that action on
such plans be taken at the
- earliest possible date.
Adopted by unanimous vote.
It Is agreed that "
The Oregon 1925 exposition will be
held.
Sentiment for the exposition Is
trong throughout the state.
.Communities want to contribute
their share and do not want Portland
to carry thl load alone.
Nothing further be done regarding
the exposition measures which were
hamstrung by the legislature.
Borne plan of finance be worked out
And submitted to representative state
organizations for co-operation.
Executive Board Sleets.
.' Such were the highlights developed
aU the meeting of the executive board
of the stated-wide 1925 exposition
committee yesterday afternoon. The
gathering went firmly and unequivo
cally on record for the exposition.
There Is to be no abandonment of
that enterprise.-Representatives from
upstate counties reiterated the state
ment that in their respective com
munities 'the people waflt the fair.
How the exposition Is to be financed
,ls a problem yet to be solved, but
whatever the plan or method pur
sued. It will be sh that the state
will De asked to assist. This became
apparent when upstate delegates
protested vehemently against a sug
gestion that Multnomah county take
care of the costs.,
Initiative Is Recommended.
Whether the plan to be approved
Is to . require a measure to be Initi
ated at the November election Is, of
course, n abeyance. Not until a pro
gramme has been evolved will this
Question be determined.
A number of delegates recommend
ed an ' Initiative measure for Novem
ber; some suggested the gasoline tax;
others a property tax. One sugges
tion Tras for a Combination of the
two and another member proposed
.submitting both gasoline and prop
fei ty tax on the ballot and permit
ting the electors to take their
choice.
Emphasis was laid on the fact that
k the 1925 exposition Is to be an Ore
gon undertaking; that the purpose
has been, from the Inception of the
K fair thought, to exploit the resources
. of Oregon and to cause the tourist to
' visit every section of the state. This
L has been the dominating motive and
the main idea has been to work for
ward to the development of latent re
sources and to have a million popu
lation, LeicUlntion Is Killed.
When Julius L. Meier, as chairman.
r called the meeting to order In the Old
Colony club at the Multnomah hotel at
noon, the first definite action taken
was a decision to wipe off the slate
the 1925 fair legislation left in doubt-
f ful validity by the special session.
. It was agreed that the logical
course to pursue was not to take the
matter Into' the courts but to forget
it and have a. new dal. To this end
a resolution was adopted Informing
Governor Olcott that Insofar as the
1925 fair committee Is concerned no
occasion exlBts for the holding of a
special election May 19. A bill au
thorizing a special election had been
enacted by the legislature in order
that, the exposition measures could
be referred to the people. As the ex
position legislation was left In a
tangle, the committee points out that
there will be no measure on this sub
ject before the people, in .May. '
. Members Express Views,
- Having disposed of damaged In
heritance from the special session,
upstate committeemen present wer
called on to express their views. Out-of-town
delegates were unanimous In
saying the people of the state want
the exposition, but There wag a dlf-
Presldent Said to Have Cone So
Far as to SayHe Would Veto
Bill If It Passed.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 6. Pres
ident Harding was said tonight by
members of the senate agricultural
bloc to have Indicated at a conference
today his disapproval of bloc-sponsored
legislation providing for farmer
representation on the federal reserve
board.
Views of the president on the legis
lation, which is to be taken up in be
senate for final consideration Janu
ary 17, were outlined to Senators
Kenyon of Iowa and Capper of 'Kan
sas, both republicans, and bloc lead
ers, who called at the White House,
accompanied by Senator Kellogg of
Minnesota, republican.
None of the three senators would
discuss the visit, but other members
of the agricultural bloc said It was
their . understanding that the presi
dent had Indicated his disapproval of
the legislation. Some of these bloc
members said that the president went
so far as to Indicate he might veto
the bill if passed, but other members
said this waaiot their understanding.
The president. It was said by bloc
members, said that he desired In
every way to promote the Interests of
the farmers, but that the pending
legislation would tie the hands of the
executive with respect to appoint
ments. ORE FINDER IS INVENTED
Arizona Scientist Said to Have Per
fected Device.
TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 6. O. M. But-,
ler director of the Arizona bureau of
mines, announced here today that the
organization has perfected and ap
plied for patents on an electric proc
ess for- locating underground ore"
bodies. Dr. Butler, who Is also dean
of the college of mines and engineer
ing of the University of Arizona, an
nounced the invention at a. meeting
of the board of regents of the unl-
irsity here. ,
Dr. Butler indicated that the depth.
size and other Information regarding
concealed copper ore bodies may be
ascertained with the electrical device,
which, he said, operates upon scien
tific principles and embodies none of
the features of the "touch stick"' and
similar apparatus. He declared the
device had been proved accurate by
teets in mining regions In Arizona.
STAGE HITS TRAIN, 3 HURT
Driver's Brother Injured in Crash
of Phiiotnath-Corvallis Bus.
PHILOMATH, Or., Jan. 6. (Spe
cial.) This morning -at 7:30 o'clock
the Phllomath-Corvallls stage, driven
by George Jones trf this city, struck
a freight train which was backing
up at the Fifteerith-s'treet crossing
near the oil tanks In Corvallis.
George Jones was injured to some
extent and his brother. Earnest Jones,
more seriously. Earnest Jones was
taken to the Corvallis hospital where
an operation was, performed to re
lieve a fractured skull. It was
thought doubtful that he can recover.
There was one other passenger,
D. W. Bath of Corvallis. wm sus
tained a three-Inch cut on his head.
DEATH CAUSE IS SOUGHT
Result of Probe for Poison
Searles Case Desired.
LAWRENCE, Mass., Jan. 5. Dis
trict Attorney Donncll of Essen county
announced today that he would re
quest from Dr. William Boos of Bos
ton a report of his examination of the
organs of the late Edward F. Searles,
multi-millionaire of Methuen.
The organs were turned over to Dr.
Boos on October 28 after the district
attornev had received n n nnnnvmi,,-
Setter charging that Searles died of
poisoning.
WIFE MURDER CONFESSED
New York Clerk Surrenders to Po
. lice- in Honolulu.
HONOLULU, T. H., Jan. 5. Frank.
H. Gatherell, 37, a clerk, surrendered
and confessed, according to the police
authorities, that he had murdered bis
wife in New York In Jnly, 1919. Gath
erell said, according to the police,
that he shot his wife because of her
alleged misconduct.
Gatherell suffered because "he could
not escape the brooding feeling that
umcuiiq v xn iuuuwing mm. me po
lice said.
. A
VESSEL LOST, MEN SAVED
Rescue Effected While Schooner Is
Afire at Sea.
BOSTON, Jan. 6 Rescue of seven
men from the y 3-ton Nova Scotia
schooner Ruby L. Pentz, while their
vessel was afire at sea, was reported
today In a radiogram believed to have
come from the tank steamer Mus
kogee. The ship was destroyed, the message
indicated. The position given was in
rthe vicinity of Bermuda.
BREAD 5 CENTS LOAF
Pre-War Price Is Established
Cincinnati Stores.
CINCINNATI, . O., Jan. 6. Begin
ning tomorrow bread will be sold
here at the pre-war price of 5 cents
for a 16-ounce loaf.
The price cut was announced today
by the manager of a chain of grocery
Modification of Laws Is
Not in Prospect.
STAFF LARGELY INCREASED
Problem to Be Easier When
Bonded Liquors Disappear.
MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE
Hope of Wets Defeated by News
That Congress Is Bent on Clean
'ing Up Illicit Traffic.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright. 1!21. by the New Tork Evening
Post. Inc.-Published by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. -fc No
body is more .deceived either by his
wishes or his fears than those who
interpret the news that comes out of
Washington from time to time as
meaning that the prohibition laws are
going to be modified in the direction
of greater looseness. The truth Is
exactly the contrary. All the news
that gives hope to the "wets" is ru
mor or surmise. Whenever anything
tangible Is done by congress it is In
the opposi- direction.
In a year when congress is' Intent
on reducing appropriations more than
on any her one subject the prohibi
tion enforcement officer Is the one
man who has been given most consid
eration in his request for an Increase
over the previous appropriation The
chairman of the appropriations com
mittee of the house stated a fact and
uttered a sentiment ""which reflects
the true disposition of congress more
accurately than aTt rumors.
Staff Is Enlarged.
"This is the only case In all the
hearings we have had." the chairman
said, "where we have allowed any
argument or any suggestion from
anybody on the other side of the table
about Increasing salaries."
It is true that the Increases of in
dividual salaries -Were not allowed.
But what is more significant is that
the head of the prohibition enforce
ment department was permitted to
add 828 men to the force srf about
3000 men he already had; that he was
given $1,750,000 more-for the coming
year than he had last year, and was
given within 8 per cent of all the
money he wanted an approximation
to the estimate that is unique in the
way the appropriation committee is
now doing things, '
Those who look sympathetically
Into the enforcement of prohibition
think the chief difficulty lies in the
enormous quantity of whisky still
legallyfn existence." It Is about this
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HE CAN'T DO THEM ALONE.
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Governor Declares TJiat to Allow
.Faulty Bill to Become Law
Would Be Folly.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 5. (Specials
Governor Olcott tonight vetoed house
bill No. 31, providing for a special
election on May 19. to be held in con
nection with the regular primary con
tests, for the purpose of referring to
the voters of the.atate two resolutions
and an enabling act, approved at the
recent special session of the legisla
ture. One of theJ' resolutions, which was
scheduled to go before the voters at
the special election, authorized an tn-
creased gasoline tax with which to
provide funds to finance the proposed
1925 exposition in Portland. The other
resolution authorize Linn and Ben
ton counties to levy a tax with which
to redeem outstanding warrants. The
enabling act provided' for putting the
world's fair machinery in motion.
The special election measure was
fathered by Representative Korell
of Multnomah county and carried an
appropriation of 815,000.
"The purpose of this bill,'' said Gov
ernor Olcott In hiSveto message. "Is
to call a special election to be held
at the sjme late as the primaries.
May 19 of this year, such election be
ing part'cularly to vote upon two
measures in connection with the in
ternational exposition which It is pro
posed to hold In Oregon In 1925.
"Grave doubt exists as to whether
these two measures were enacted by
the special session of the legislature
which passed the bill now under con
sideration. At least their validity Is
of such doubtful nature as could be
determined only by the courts.
"I am advised it was the intention
of the legislature to Include In this
bill a saving clause to the effect that
this measure would be of no force
and effect In event the exposition
bills were found to be Invalid. No
such saving clause appears In the
enrolled bill, and it Is this bill by
which this office must be guided.
"It would be folly to allow this
bill' to become a law and to further
allow the election to proceed with
the possibility of but one measure
coming before the people at a' time,
and that the measure being a local
and affecting only Linn and Benton
countle's.
"I am further advised that It would
be as well to allow this local meas
ure to be voted on at the regular
election in November as at the spe
cial election In May. . ,
"I am pleased to add that the
exposition committee coincides with
my position and has so advised me."
The special election bill was passed
by the house by a substantial ma
jority, but upon reaching the senate
was attacked by the so-called agri
cultural bloc of 14 senators. A
lengthy discussion prevailed, and
finally Senator Moser of Multnomah
county appealed to the opposition for
fair Dlav. He argued that in case
any of the measures approved by the'l
legislature were referred to the
people, the expense of a special elec
tion would be much less If held In
Martin Beck, Head of Big Circuit.
Announces Plan to Construct
Palace of Amusements.
Portland Is to have a neWOrpheum
theater. In addition to the four-day-a-week
show now running In this city
a 1,000,000 structure to house shows
under the junior Orpheum plan will
be opened within the next 18 months.
This announcement was made yester
day by Martin Beck, president of the
Orpheum company, who was in the
city for several hours. Sites for the
proposed theater are under consider
ation and a choice will be made within
three months. Soon after the selec
tion is made the work of breaking
ground will begin. '
Under the junior Orpheum plan
three shows a day will be given, for
a full week's time. The acts, accord
ing to Mr. Beck, will be of the
Orpheum standard. The bills will
have seven acts of vaudeville, a hlgh
olass motion picture and screen news
and comedies. ' "
Several years ago Mr. Beck made
his first venture In Junior Orpheum
theaters when he "opened the State
Lake theater In' Chicago. There four
shows were given daily, and the plan
was so successful that other theaters
of the same class were erected. Dur
ing the last year the Hennepin ave
nue theater was opened In Minneapolis
and the Main street in Kansas City.
In two months the Hill street will be
opened In Los Angeles and a month
later the Golden Gate will begin oper
ating In San Francisco. Plans are
under way for the erection of a simi
lar theater In Seattle, and this will
open at approximately the same "time
the theater In Portland will be ready
for Its shows.
"I am planning to erect theaters
In those cities where I have made
money," said Mr. Beck. "Rather than
go out and seek new cities where
I might establish show houses, it is
our plan to expand our activities In
such cities as Portland. We feel that
there I a brilliant future for Port
land, and for that reason plans for
the new theater are being made."
The proposed structure, without fur
nishings, will cost between $750,000
and $1,000,000, acordlng-to Mr. Beck.
It will have two' floors only. The
first floor wlH seat 1800 persons and
the second floor 1200, thus giving, a
total seating capacity of 3000. No
pillars are to be placed among the
seats and arrangements will be so
made that a clear View of the stage
can be gained from any part of the
house. Top prices will be 50 cents,
and there will be no reserved seats.
"Music will be a feature of our
shows," said Mr. Beck. "We will have
a large orchestra, and in addition
there will be a great pipe organ,
which will cost not less'than $50,000.
In other cities where we have con
structed theaters to be conducted on
the junior Orpheum plan we have
given them street names. T.ius, if
our proposed theater here were to be
erected in Broadway, it would be
named the Broadway theater."
The depression which .has been felt
in other lines of business has been
experienced In the show business
Merchant Ships Are Not
to Be-Attacked.""
FIVE GREAT POWERS AGREE
Naval Committee Rapidly
Nears nd of Task.
WORLD "AID IS
Impossibility of "Csing Submarines
as In Conflict of 1914-18 Is
Recognized at Parley.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 5. (By
the Associated Press.) The five
greatest naval powers of the world
decreed today as between themselves
abollshmenC of submarine warfare
against merchant ships. To purge
the seas forever of this hidden men
ace to peaceful folk and ships, the
world hs been asked to subscribe to
the decree as a new principle of In
ternational law.
As adopted by the naval committee
of the arms conference, the resolu
tion proposed by Elihu Root, and
amended by A. J. Balfour, to become
Immediately effective between the
five signatory powers runs as fol
lows: "The signatory powers recognize
the practical Impossibility of using
submarines as commerce destroyers
without violating, as they were vio
lated in the war of 1914-18, require
ments universally accepted by civil
ized nations for the protection of the
lives of neutrals and non-combatants,
and to the end that prohibition of the
use of submarines as commerce de
stroyers shall be universally accept
ed as a part of the law of nations
they now accept that prohibition as
henceforth binding as between them
selves and they invite all other tia
tlons to adhere thereto."
' Committee Action, Final.
Action of the committee was final
so far as the conference and the five
naval jfowors are concerned. The
conference merely will give formal
ratification to the it! - submarine
pact when the five-power treaty in
which It will be Incorporated comes
up in open session.
The naval committee also adopted
the first Root proposal to declare In
simplest terms their adhesion to the
rules' of international law applying
to merchant , vessels, their full appli
cation to submarines and the lnvita
tlon of the five powers to all other
nations to Join In the declaration. -This
proposal, as approved for In
corporation In the five-power treaty.
follows:
"'One: The signatory powers de
siring to make more effective rules
adopted by civilized nations for the
protection of the lives of neutrals and
non-combatants at sea in time of war.
declare that among those rules the
following are to be deemed an estab
lished part of the International law.
Vessels Can Be Senrehed.
" 'A -merchant vessel must be or
dered to submit t6 visit and exarch
to determine Its character befA-e It
can be seized.
" 'A merchant vessel must not be
attacked unless It refuses to submit
to visit and search after warning, or
to proceed1 as directed after seizure.
"'A merchant vessel must not be
destroyed unless the crew and -passengers
have been first placed In
safetyr
"Two. Belligerent submarines are
not under any circumstances exempt
from the universal rules above stated,
and If a submarine cannot capture a
merchant vessel in conformity with
these rules the existing law of na
tions requires It to desist from attack
and from seizure. and to permit the
merchant vessel to proceed unmo
lested." Assent Is Requested.
The signatory powers" invite all
ether civilized powers to express their
assent to the foregoing statement of
established law so that there may be
a clear public understanding through
out the world of the standards of con
duct by which the public opinion of
tbe, world Is to pass Judgment upon
future belligerents. ,
When the naval committee ad
journed the" third Root proposal to
declare violations of the rules laid
down by submarine acts of piracy
for which submarine commanders
could be held to account personally,
regardless of orders they may have
received from their governments, was
still to be taken up. It was indicated
that It also would be adopted.
Cbantce 8narsreted by Krench.
In its final form, the resolution de
claring submarine warfare against
merchant ships abolished so far as
the five powers are concerned showed
a direct relation to the German war
time" practices not included in the
original draft. The clause, "as they
were violated In the war of 1914-18,"
was Inserted on motion of the French
delegation.
Some significance may attach to the
fact that It was the French group
which made this amendment In view
of the "misunderstandlng" of the
French attitude on submarine war
fare which brought the committee
Allegations Declare That Money
' Transferred Earned High In
terest With Packers.
WAUKEGAN. 111., Jan. 5. (By the
Associated Press.) The state's bill of
particulars In the conspiracy case
against Governor LenN Small and Ver
non Curtis, Grant Park banker, filed
late today, recites that the state will
attempt to show that during the term
of Fred E. Sterling, as treasurer of
Illinois, the defendants, together with
Mr. Sterling and the late Edward C.
Curtis, used $29,418,500 for personal
profit. The bill also says that the
ntn'fA win ahnw that Governor Small
IMITCn'and the othcr defendants profited to
IIM VI I LUf th8 extent of $535,000 by the use of
state funds.
The state alleges that it Is unable
to present all the evidence It desires
to present because Governor Small
and others have taken the books
away and they are not obtainable.
The bill names amounts said to
have been lifted in the state books
as a "safe fund," and which were
really turned over to a "pretended
and fictitious bank, the Grant Park
bank." Thece funds, the state al
leges, were used to gain personal
profit for Fred E. Sterling and Gov
ernor Small, who heM adjoining
terms of office as'stato treasurer, and
Edward C. und "Vernon S. Curtis.
The state further alleges that the
money so transferred earned from
Z to 8 per cent by Investment with
Armour & Co., Swift & Co., Morris &
Co. and the Cudahy Packing company,
all large packing corporations. Th
amount turned over to the state aa
Interest on these funds was said to
have been 2 per cent.
WOMAN ALLEGED CAPTIVE
Kansas City Suitor Charged With
Vslng Pistol Arrested.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5. Philip
Whitney, 30, of Kansas City, was ar
rested today after the police had re
ceived Information that he had held
Mrs. Maud Huxhorn, 20, also of Kan
sas City, a prisoner at various hotels
and other places In the city for three
days, much of the time at the point
of a pistol. In an attempt to force her
to marry him. A charge of threats
against life was placed against Whit
ney and he was released o $1000 ball.
Relatives of Mrs. Huxhorn here no
tified the police that Whitney had
followed her from Kansas City, from
which place she fled to escape him,
and was holding her a prisoner here.
The police said they learned that even
when the couple were riding on the
street cars Whitney held a pistol
to the girl's side,
folds of her coat.
hidden under the
SEAMEN'S PAY TO BE CUT
Reduction Held Necessary to Meet
Foreign Competition. '
NEW TORK. Jan. 5. Wage reduc.
tlons of 13 per cent and upward will
be put Into effect Immediately by the
American Steamship Owners' asso
ciation, Wrnthrop L.. Marvin, genera:
manager, announced after a meeting
today.
Wages of officers, Mr. Marvin said,
would be cut 15 per c-ent, with higher
reductions for some other classes of
employes. These cuts were necesary.
he added, to meet competition with
foreign vessels.
It was pointed out that there Is no
wage agreement now existing between
the ocean boatmen's unions and the
Steamship Owners' association.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TBSTERD AY'S Maximum temperature,
46 degrees; minimum, 'W.
TODAT'S Kaln; southwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Factions in Dall likely to agree. Pass 1.
National.
Lef?llatlon of farmer bloc opposed by
Harding. I'aga 1.
Clyde 13. Attention attacked by South.
Pag 8.
Increase in customs granted to China.
Paga 2.
Dry law to be enforced more strjctly.
Page 1.
Major Ople denies killing of soldier.
Page 3.
Limit on use of divers la warfare accepted.
Page 1.
China and Japan -deadlocked again
- Pasra 2.
Senator Gooding may get Interstate Job.
. Page 4.
Domestic.
State files charge agalnat Governor Small.
Page 1.
Raining of marriag ag limit leada Ne
braska girla to tlb. Page 3.
Police In Chicago make debut aoclally.
Page 8.
Funeral of Senator Penroae shrouded in
mystery." Page 6.
Mra. stlllman still seeks evidence In Can
ada. Page 6.
Pacific Northwert.
Bill calling talr election vetoed by gov
ernor. Page 1.
Spokane delegation peeks aid -on Columbia
basin project. Page 7.
Sport.
Vi'IlMs-Tate bout at Mllwaukle tonight.
Paga 18.
South Parkway defeats Arteta In annual
basketball contest. Page 10.
Commercial and Murine.
World shortage of hops expected to af
fect coast prices. Page 22.
Eastern wheat markets stronger' on en
larged milling demand. Paga L'3.
Liberty and victory Issues higher at New
York. Page 23.
Henrietta due off mouth tomorrow. Page 22.
All grades or wool quiet auring week.
Page 17.
Portland and Vicinity.
Big. modern still captured in ravine.
Pago 24.
Man shoots wife and'then himself. Page 8.
Exposition to be held under new plan.
Page i:
Bond money now goes for future needs.
KarA 17.
Junior Orpheum theater costing 81.000.000
Rank and File Members
in Peace Committee.
ACCOMMODATION IS SOUGHT
Michael Collins' Agents Res
cue Times Reporter.
PRIVATE SESSION TODAY
Vnlitint Erfoits Made to Patch Vp
Differences Regarding Irish
I'ree State Plan.
DUBLIN. Jan. 5. (By the Asso
ciated Press ) The Tail Elrcann,
which met this mornlnK- with disrup
tion threatened, adjourned tonight In
the hope that a basis of agreement
might be reached between treaty
supporters and opponents. The ptaoo
committee, which is trying valiantly
to patch up an accommodation be
tween the two factions, nut again
tonight and will report at a private
session of the Dall tomorrow.
Announcement of the existence of
a peace committee was the chief fea
ture of the day and a thrill was
given to the general situation by tho
revelation that armed men, assumed
to be Irish republican army oppo
nents of the treaty had kidnaped the
correspondent of the London Times
and carried him to Cork. Word has
been received, however, that the cor
respondent was rescued by agents of
Michael Collins and is returning here.
Cabinet In lxcludrl.
No member of tho cabinet Is In
cluded In the peace committee, which
Is made up almost exclusively of
able members of the rank and file of
the dail, who have spoken for and
mgainst the treaty. The most notablo
of these are Owen O'Duffy, liaison
officer of Ulster, who Is a supporter
of tho treaty, and 1.1 tun Mellowcs, an
I'.ncompromislng republican, who will
have nothing to do either with tho
treaty or Pe Valera's alternative pro
posals. An Influential member who Joined
the committee at Its request Is John
T. O'Kelly, Sinn Fein representative
in l'aris. In whom Mr. da Valera and
J nis colleagues opposing the treaty
have great confidence.
O'Kelly Makes Appeal.
The committee resumed consulta
tion today, and It was regarded as
significant that It was Mr. O'Kelly
who uppealed to the Dail to adjourn
In the morning, and enable a further
attempt to be made. The committee
had not got much further after lunch
today, and this time Mr. O'Duffy
moved adjournment until tomorrow.''
Mis motion was supported by Rich
ard Mukahy, chl of staff, in a
speech suggesting that the matter
was so serious that it would be worth
discussing In private , session, at
which, even If an agreement were not
reached, they might learn how far
they had progressed.
Notwithstanding the many resolu
tions sent to the members of the Dall
from their constituents urging thorn
either to support the treaty or re
sign, only two of the 120 deputies
have yielded. They are P. J. Maloney
of Tlpperary and Alderman Drohan,
mayor of Clonmel.
Press Articles Delmted.
Most of the, public session tody
was occupied In a discussion regard
ing the attitude of the press toward
the Dail. Many members were eager
to take action against the Freeman's
Journal by expelling Its representa
tive from the chamber as punishment
for Its editorial attack on Mr. de
Valera and Erskine Childers. Action
was postponed, pending an apo'.ogy,
but although the' deputies were
agreed fn condemning the attacks,
some of the most prominent members,
including de Valera, Childers, Cirlf
flth and Collins, thought such attacks
should be ignored In the interests of
the freedom of the press.
Mr. Griffith and others pointed out
that the supporters of tne treaty had
been abused In te republican news
paper supporting Mr. de Valera, but
they promised to ignore it. Tins
discussion gave Desmond Fitzgerald,
minister of propaganda, the oppor
tunity to call attention to the kid
naping of the Times correspondent,
which he described as an act of "some
criminals."
De Valera Ignores Attnrk.
Mr. de Valera Ignored the attack on
him by the Freeman's Journal, but
did complain of the suggestion In that
paper that he had acted as an auto
crat In declaring his intention to
follow his own procedure.
Efforts of the peacemakers are be
lieved to be directed toward an ar
rangement which would allow the
treaty to go through, while safe
guarding the republican position In
the future. Mr. O'Duffy explained
that the purpose of, the meeting of
the committee was the formulation
of an agreement whereby De Valera's
leadership would be retained. The
committee found It Impossible to
reach a compromise last night. How
ever, it got so far as placing a pro
posal before Mr. de Valera, but did
not obtain his approval.
In the discussion on the press at- ,
tacks Sean ttthingliam contended
that the Freeman's
ournal had in-
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